Apparently, this also inspired Suwito Hadiprayitno in life as. gamelan craftsmen. Slowly and not kemrungsung. As the soft strains of gamelan sounds to play. The principle of life is firmly entrenched in the hearts and minds of artisans as well as the mastermind who was familiarly called Mbah Wito this.
"Human life is like a puppet who resigned acting anything by the masterminds of the Gusti A1lah," he said in Kabare.
According to him, he always semeleh undergo any tidal gamelan handicraft business. When the great earthquake struck Bantul tlatah end of May 2007 ago, homes were destroyed as well as its place at work without rest. As a result, he must be willing to run the business under plastic sheeting which is also a place of shelter their families after the earthquake. After all, he always believed that if God wills damage, surely He would be correct. In fact, precisely ordered items flowing.
"Many friends mastermind and government agencies that lose gamelan because the house was crushed by rubble by the quake. With capital assistance saws, Passover, and the chisel of the Cultural Office of Bantul Regency, I slowly began to rise again starting my business, "said the craftsman who get STIE SBI Business Solutions Award from Indonesia (SBI) and Exxon Mobil as small and medium entrepreneurs who The most rapid rise up and restore its economy effort after earthquake of 2007.
At home with small pendapa that looks simple, Mbah Wito put some of his work is half finished or are still in early stages of processing. Some stick-shaped wooden board nangka.yang've also seen menumpukdi west side of the room.
That morning, Mbah a daily Wito assisted by children and four employees were in the midst melaras tones of a xylophone. Slow down, cleaned and lined hit ironwood located over ranca'an xylophone carefully until you hear a distinctive rhythmic xylophone. Not far from its place, the old carpenter who had middle memasah ranca'an timber to be used or where the gamelan.
"At this time I was assisted by four employees. A carpenter, a carver of the original people of Jepara, one of the finishing section, and another one pelaras tone. While the design ranca'an or gamelan my own place, "he explained.
On average, a set of gamelan slendro pelog completed for a month. A set of gamelan slendro pelog is a complete set of gamelan consist of kendhan bonang, bonang successor, demung, saron, peking, kenong and kethuk, slenthem, gender, gong, xylophone, fiddle, siter, and flute. In addition to serving a full gamelan orders, Mbah Wito also serve the order in the form of a part of it. Like a gong or kendhang only.
After all that, the husband of this Astuti Widji always obedient customer desires. If anyone who wants fast, it will be done as soon as possible. Although not rare many have not in a hurry and more relax in order to wait for the results of gamelan.
However whether the applicant wishes, Mbah Wito always serious in completing his work. One of them in sync tone. Given the Javanese gamelan is a musical instrument that produces a tone pentatonic composition typical Java soft tone to play. Very different from Balinese gamelan attractive and expressive. Sundanese gamelan or a mendayu because the game flute.
Spirit of Javanese gamelan is used to turn the inspiration and enthusiasm for the pioneering efforts of gamelan in the early 1980s ago. At that time, with the capital money of Rp 500,000, champion Wito looking for a set of Javanese gamelan to train children around the house playing the gamelan. Not unexpectedly, gamelan actually liked people and was purchased for $ 1 million until he had to find again. Time is waiting orders this gamelan, Mbah Wito so know the process of making ranca'an gamelan and decided to set up their own business. His first was the mastermind misuwur Buyers of Bantul, Ki Timbul Hadiprayitno.
Since then, people started to like the gamelan design and ordering. Both agencies or personal. Not only from the cities or outside of Java in Java alone. But also from abroad. One is Gustavo Yudhaningrat that are often asked for ranca'an gamelan or crate a place to store puppets.
To satisfy customers and generate a nice gamelan, Mbah Wito always use quality materials. Special wood, crafters ever dipupu by the mastermind of origin Village Packaging, Wirokerten, Bantul use jackfruit wood, as if struck, his voice echo. Especially to make saron, kendhang, and puppet box. The older age of the wood, the better the quality of the output.
As a craftsman, father of two sons is just making ranca'an or the gamelan and merangkainya only. As for the bronze, brass, and iron, Mbah Wito working with local artisans Bekonang, Solo.
Given the manufacturing process that requires special and a relatively long time, fair price when the gamelan with tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars according to the material. A set of gamelan bronze example is priced Rp 300 million. While the brass around Rp 200 million. Which is fairly cheap iron Rp.30 million.
After all that, slowing down the country's current economic conditions coupled with rising fuel prices that triggered the increase in cost of production to make orders go sluggish blood and quiet. Not busy as always flooded with orders from various regions in Indonesia and abroad. In fact, during the New Order era and that many officials had ordered him gamelan. As Harmoko and Sudwikatmono.
"This is like her grief into gamelan craftsmen. Once crowded now kosok balene. After all that happened today, Gusti Allah is Oft Asih because there are still orders from Malaysia, "he said. Despite flagging, Mbah Wito spirit to turn the business gamelan likewise not retroactive. While filling the void ordered items, now Mbah Wito also make wooden cabinets. To be sure, this 58-year-old man was determined to cultivate the business that has been ingrained this until the end of life.
If you are interested to have their own gamelan bring it home, you just come into place in Kedhaton Wito Mbah, Pleret, Bantul. Only a half hour drive from Yogyakarta, you will get to the house and where his efforts to rengeng-rengeng, gamelan also will beautify your home turn.
